Los Angeles, March 25 – Hollywood actress Drew Barrymore has openly discussed her menopause symptoms. The 51-year-old actress recently spoke candidly about the hormonal changes she has been experiencing.
She also talked about her struggles with bloating, and how she is coping with it, according to the ‘People’ magazine.
During an episode of “The Drew Barrymore Show,” she said, “I can’t even start today without being honest because I can’t fake anything. I’m so bloated that I feel like a carp that has been brought up to the beach, and I’m just that dead fish.”
Co-host Ross Matthews asked what was going on, and if Barrymore had done anything over the weekend that “inflated” her.
According to ‘People’, the actress said that she had her period for the first time in nearly a year while navigating perimenopause.
“I was about to reach my one-year mark for my period and enter menopause, where I belong. I got it. I got it. I’m at 11 months. So, I go back down to zero. And ugh, I feel unattractive, and I’m so hormonal, and nothing makes sense, and I’m irritable, and I’m bloated, and I’m emotionally unstable. How are you?”, she added.
Matthews looked at her silently and raised his eyebrows before the pair burst into laughter. “Anyway,” Barrymore quipped. “I feel a lot better because now at least you know where I’m at. And I always feel better after being here.”
Barrymore has always been open about her menopause journey. In 2023, the actress was joined by Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler during an episode of “The Drew Barrymore Show” when she experienced her first hot flash.
“I’m so hot, I think I’m having my first perimenopause hot flashes,” she said while quickly removing her blazer and fanning herself. “For the first time, I think I’m having my first hot flash. Whoa!” “Oh, I feel so honored,” Jennifer Aniston quipped.